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“The Dovekeepers” 9 p.m., CBS Shockingly awful – so bad that I had to double-check the credits to make sure the crew from “Sharknado” wasn’t behind this two-night miniseries.
“The Dovekeepers” takes the story of the siege of Masada in 74 A.D. and turns i

Few of the prognosticators’ lists of potential replacements for Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” included Trevor Noah, but the South African was announced Monday as Comedy Central’s choice to sit in the anchor chair when Stewart leaves later this year.
In retrospect, we should have seen it coming. Noah was introduc

“American Idol” revisits its glorious past this week with a Kelly Clarkson theme, marking the first time the music of a former champion has been the basis of an episode.
And Kelly’s appearance reminds longtime fans that “American Idol” used to be a star-making vehicle.
For the first seven years, winn

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“Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies,” 9 p.m. PBS Ken Burns productions tend to be better the narrower the subject matter. “The Civil War,” confined to four years, or “The Roosevelts,” limited to three people, were great. “Jazz” and “Baseball” less s

One didn’t need to be a prophet to foretell this occurrence two years ago: a look at the Nielsen ratings would have sufficed.On Sunday, March 27, 2013, “The Bible” miniseries on the History channel topped the charts as the most-watched show of the night, defeating even “The Walking Dead.”On t

We don’t develop a taste for low humor; we’re born with it. Some of us just fail to outgrow it.
Many of us who have carried our love of childish humor into adulthood do like to find it in a sophisticated wrapper, done with originality and a sense of governing intelligence.
For those who haven’t managed to shake

LOS ANGELES — Craig T. Nelson is getting back in the coaching game for NBC.
The network said that it has ordered 13 episodes of a sequel to the 1989-97 ABC sitcom “Coach” that starred Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of a college football team.
In the new series, nearly 20 years have passed and Fox has re

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“The Walking Dead” 9 p.m. Sunday, AMC The most popular cable series in history closes out its fifth season with a 90-minute finale.
The core band of survivors led by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) has battled zombies, lunatics, traitors, megalomaniacs and cannibals, but the conclusi

The servants’ bells at “Downton Abbey” will soon ring for their last time, the dowager countess will dispense her final piece of tart-tongued advice, and the story of the changing fortunes of the Crawley family will come to a conclusion.On Thursday, the makers of “Downton Abbey,” the lavishly costumed an

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“Big Time in Hollywood, Fl.,” 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central The latest series with roots in YouTube videos makes the jump to “real” television, but perhaps it should have stayed put.
Alex Anfanger and Dan Schimpf created the online hit “Next Time on Lonny,” leading them

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“Frontline: The Vaccine War” 10 p.m., PBS With Disneyland as Ground Zero for the latest flareup of the ongoing conflict, this “Frontline” investigation carries particular resonance locally.
Even though the show is conducted with typical PBS even-handedness, it’s difficult

Ashley Morgan only made it to the knockout rounds on “The Voice” because Christina Aguilera stole her after her original coach Pharrell Williams let her go during the battle rounds of the NBC singing competition two weeks ago.
On Monday, the singer from Costa Mesa who does background vocals in Hollywood and sings regularly in

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“Pretty Little Liars” promises that Tuesday’s season finale will – after five years and 120 episodes – reveal who A is.
I’ll believe that when I see it – or maybe not even then. The teen thriller promised the same thing at the end of Seasons 2

A contestant from the 2012 season, her husband and unborn child were killed at their home in rural North Carolina.
Cristie Schoen Codd, 38, and Joseph Codd, 45, were reported missing March 15 by friends, and their remains were located last week, according to the Citizen-Times newspaper of Asheville, N.C. The man charged in their murder,

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“It's Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise,” 9 p.m. HBO OK, you have to look at one of Lena Dunham’s tattoos, but that’s not a good enough reason to sidestep this documentary about Hilary Knight, the man who illustrated the Eloise books.
Written in the 1950s, the series about a